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CHARLES E. PRATT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE INTERNA- TIONALREGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,057, dated January2, 1894.

Application filed January 5, 1893. Serial No. 457,364. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. PRATT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fare-Registers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to fare registers such as are used forregisteringthe fares of passengers on street cars and the like, and hasfor its objects to provide a simple, light, convenient,and secureregister; aiso, to provide such a register with a sealed look so thatthe register cannot be opened by any person without the breaking of theseal; also, to provide means for preventing access to the device.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is a front view with parts broken away; Fig. 2, a rear view; Fig. 3, ahorizontal vertical section taken from a point beneath the dials. Fig. tis a horizontal vertical section taken from a point beneath the tensdial and the direction indicator. Fig. 5 is a horizontal verticalsection taken immediately back of the base plate looking from the back.Fig. 6 is a detail cross-section through the bell and locking mechanism.Fig. '7 is a crosssection on the line '77, of Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a detailof the two parts of the case.

The same or like parts are indicated by the same letters in all thefigures.

A is the front of the ease, having the window A through which thedirectionindicator is read, and the lower window A through which thetrip fares are read, and it is provided with the angular aperture A seeFig. 8 at one end, and two small apertures A at the other end Fig. 4, bythe aid of which the front part of the case is secured to the rear, andwith the aperture A through which the operating pull projects, and theaperture A through which the end P of the dog P to control the directionindicator, projects.

B is the back of the case having the supporting links B B by which it issuspended, the screw holes 13 13 whereby the base plate is secured tothe back, the upper window 13 through which the total registration maybe examined, the small window 3 through which the tenthousands wheel Jmay be read, the seal window 13 and the keyhole B.

B Figs. 3, a, and 8 is a pin on the inside of the upwardly turned flangeon the rear of the case B adapted to be received into the lateralportion of the angular aperture or slot A when the parts are properlybrought to position.

The rear plate B has apertures similar to and registering with theapertures A in the front portion of the case A.

O is the base plate having at the lower end thereof the bell C and thebell hammer C C is a pin having the depression C Fig. 6 to receive oneend of the spring G which spring is secured at (J on the base plate backof the bell. At the other end of the pin C is the bent portion C so thatthe two parts of the bend pass through the two apertures A A and thecorresponding apertures in the back of the case when the parts are inposition; and the pin 13 is in the lateral portion of the slot A forminga bayonet joint which aids in holding the two portions of the casetogether with the registering mechanism between them.

0 is a pin on which the bell is supported. C Fig. 6 is an aperturethrough the base 0 of the case back of the spring O and O is a window ofglass, or other such material to cover the aperture C".

C is a card back of such window bearing the name, seal, or stamp of theperson in authority.

Referring to the trip registering mechanism D is the inner or units diskor dial, having the figures from 0 to 9, and D is the tens dial havingin like manner, the figures from 0 to 9. They are so positioned that thefigured margin of each lies under the window A The dial D is secured bymeans of the screw D Fig. 7 on the front end of the shaft D, the rearend of which is secured by a similar screw D led into a recess in thebase plate (.1 Fig. 7. Midway on this shaft D is secured the ratchetwheel D Fig. 4, toothed as indicated and provided at one point with thedeep notch D and attached rigidly to the gear wheel D the cogs of whicharecut away at one point, as I). .Ionrnaled upon this shaft I) is theratchet wheel D and the collar D and gear D, which are all rivetedtogether, the gear D having its teeth cut away at one side the same asthe gear wheel D The dial D is secured upon this last mentioned ratchetwheel D so as to rotate therewith.

. D and D are spring actuated dogs to lock the ratchet wheels D- and Dfrom reverse gages the 'inner ratchet at every action itsv outer portiononly engages the front ratchet wheelwhen the rear portion'of the dog hasfallen into the deep notch D in the wheel D and by this means wheneverthe pull is drawn down, one or'both of the trip dials operate, and thusthe fares of a given trip are indicated in units and tens by simplypulling on the knob. The permanent register consists of the dials J, thegear wheels G G G and G the ratchet wheel G and the plate F Eachactionof the lever E, -however, cause s the operationof the registeringmechanism proper,

for said lever is provided with gear teeth at F in which mesh the teethF on the plate F which is pivoted on the shaft F This latter plate F isitself a lever and to its outerend is secured. one end of the spiralspringE, the

' other end of which is secured to the post F Thus the spiral spring Facts in opposition to the pull ofthe operator to return the pull Eand'other parts to normal position.

. On the rear side of theplate F is the spring actuated dog G Fig. 5,which engages the ratchet wheel G on theshaft F and from which projectsthe pin G to engage the'teeth of the pinion G3 on the shaft G Thispinion has one long tooth G to engage the teeth of the pinion G on theshaft G The pinionG has a long tooth G to engage the pinion G on theshaft G. I long tooth G to engage'the pinion G on the shaft 68 G is adog pivoted on the shaft G and adapted to lock the pinion G H H arespring actuated dogs to lock these severalpinions from reverse movement.On the end of these shafts F G G G and G upon which the pinions and theratchet wheel are secured are placed disks J provided with numbers abouttheir outer edges, and as the lever F moves back and forth witheachoperation of the lever E, the ratchet wheel G moves one point andbringsa new number into view through the window B W hen this ratchet wheel andshaft have moved once around, the projecting finger Or will engage thenext pinionGr and move it one point so as to advance the disk controlledby said pin- -window.B

limit the motion of shield on guard plate alongside of the pull to Thepinion G has a ion one number, andso on throughout the series,"one(being added each time to the-total indicated byall the'figures exposedto the The disk J on the last shaft G in the series is seen through thewindow B, this being'a convenience of arrangement to get the partsintothe smallest possible compass. Thus as the trip registering mechanismoperates, one unit is added each time to the permanentregister or thetotal indicated thereby.

Kis a pin on the back of the lever E adapted to engage the upwardlyprojecting pin K on thebaseplate, the two serving as a stop to the pullE and L is a prevent access'to the operating mechanism through theaperture of the pull.

N is a collar surrounding theshaft D and serving as a-pivot for thelever E, and provided with the oppositely faced ratchetteeth N N 2 forthe dog'N pivoted. on the lever E. This dog is provided with a back tipN to engage one extremity of 'the pivoted dog N which is pivoted on oneend of the elbow cranklever N7, and whose other extremity engages thepin N on such elbow crank lover. The otherend of the elbow crank lever Ncarriesthe bell hammer O and this'lever N is pivoted on the shaft N andisforced toward the bell by the spring N Thus by the same motion of thepull which operates the trip register and thepermanentregister, the dogN is moved, carrying with it the dog N and withdrawing the hammer C fromthe bell untilthe motion is continued farenough to free the tip of thedog N from the tip N on the dog N whereupon the bell hammer is releasedand thrown against the bell to sound the alarm.

The dog N 3 engaging the ratchet teethN will not permit of thediscontinuance of the operation after it has once begun, for'bythis dog,the pull is stopped from reverse motion after the end of the dog N hasengaged the first tooth N As soon as the bell hammer is released,.the(log N is tipped upon its pivot so as to free it from the teeth N and anew operation can'be performed. a j

The direction 'indicatorand the releasing mechanism therefor consist ofthe following features: I I

.O is a plate ha'ving'th'e words Out and In orthe like thereon, and it'is secured to an arm 0 pivoted at O to a plate'O which is secured on theshaft O v O is a pin'at the extremity of the arm 0. The shaft 0 issecured rigidly upon the base plate 0. On the shaft 0 is jou rnaled thegear wheel P, having the eccentric groove P in its surface-to receivethe pin 0 Fig. 3, and this gear wheel is cut away at P P atdiametrically opposite points. of the gear wheel is the sleeve P havingthe rear part P with two notches one or the other of which notchesreceives one end of thedog P Fig. 5. The dog P is pivoted at P and IIOprovided with a pin P near the tip P of the dog N. The pin P will passthe tip P except when the dog N 5 is partially turned so asto withdrawthe bell hammer from its position near the bell, and in such cases, thetip P engages the pin P and prevents the rocking of the dog P on itspivot. P is the outwardly projecting end of such dog which projectsthrough the aperture A. P is a guard on such dog which substantiallycloses the hole through which it passes so as to prevent theintroduction of a tool or wireinto the interior.

R is a shaft inserted in a suitable bearing R, and this shaft carries anouter thumb piece R and a pinion R to engage the gear P. By means ofthis thumb piece, shaft, and pinion, the gear P provided with theeccentric groove can be rotated when the dog P is rocked inwardly so asto disengage its tip from the slot in the part P.

It is evident that many of these features could be dispensed withwithout departing from the spirit of my invention, and also that some ofthe features of the combination will operate successfully andsatisfactorily if associated with other devices or forms of devices. Ido not therefore wish to be limited to the precise forms ofconstructions shown, or the details as shown, or to the entirecombination.

The trip registering mechanism consists of the two dials numbered abouttheir peripheries, and situated so that the numbered edge or peripheryof each will come back of the window A. The inner dialD is the unitsdial, and itis controlled by the rear ratchet wheel D The outer dial Dis the tens dial, and it is controlled by the ratchet wheel D Theratchet wheel D has a deep notch D and by each pull of the pull E theratchet wheel D is moved forward one tooth by the engagement of the dogE on the lever E therewith. This of course moves the units dial onepoint forward to indicate another fare taken, and when the units dialhas completed the revolution, the outer portion o the dog E will engagethe outer ratchet wheel, for the reason that the inner portion, whichhas, up to that time, engaged the ordinary teeth of the ratchet wheel Dwill sink deeper into the deep notch D thus permitting the outer portionof such dog to engage the tooth of the outer ratchet wheel. Thus by eachpull upon the knob or ball E the pull E is brought downwardly and thelever E is moved about its pivot block N, and an additional fare isindicated on the trip register. The two ratchet wheels are kept fromreverse motion by the dogs D B.

One portion of the lever E is made the arc of a circle, whose center isthe center of the shaft D about which center the leverE is pivoted. Thisare shaped portion is indicated at F, and is toothed as shown. F is asimilar toothed lever pivoted on the shaft F as shown in Fig. 5, and theradial distance from the center of shaft F to the teeth upon the lever Fis or should be the same as the radial distance from the center of theshaft D to the teeth upon the lever E. These two toothed portions engageeach other so that by every motion of the lever E, the lever F is moved.This lever, whenever moved, by the engagement of the dog G with theratchet wheel G moves the latter one tooth, and thus causes the numbereddisk on the other end of shaft F to move forward one number. Thesuccessive arrangements of gears, disks, and projecting pointsassociated with the shafts G G G and G is designed to secure a permanentregistration of all the fares; the first shaft F and its mechanism andthe dial J thereon indicating the units, the second tens, the thirdhundreds, the fourth thousands, and the lifth tens of thousands, andthese registrations are seen through the windows B and B The dogs II IIand G prevent the reverse motion of these several pinions. The pin K onthe back of the lever E engages the pin K on the base plate to limit themotion of the pull E The leverEfindsa stop in the opposite directionagainst the pin F as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The collar N on which thelever E is pivotally placed is itself fixed upon the plate 0, and hasupon its surface the ratchet teeth N and N adapted to engagerespectively the extremities of the dog N which is pivoted on the lowerside of the lever E. This dog has aback tip N and is itself adapted toreceive one end of the dogN so that as the lever E is moved about itspivot by the downward motion of the pull, the dog N immediately engagesthe teeth N so as to prevent the reverse motion of the parts and compelthe operator to complete the opera tion, the dog N engaging the dog Nwhose other end engages the pin N further motion of the lever E in thedirection indicated by the arrow in Fig. 5, the dog N is rocked upon itspivot N 9 so as to retract the hammer C from the bell. The reversemotion cannot take place until this motion has continued so far as torelease the end of the dog N from the tip N, and when this occurs, thebell hammer is released, and at the same time, the dog N is freed fromits ratchet teeth N and the parts are restored to their originalposition. The dog N will engage the ratchet teeth N being forced thereagainst by the spring N, so that after releasing the bell hammer theparts must be freed so as to be restored to their original positionsbefore a new operation of the pull can begin, and when this occurs, orwhen the pull has been released so that the spring F brings the lever Eback against the post F, the dog N will resume the position shown inFig. 5, back of the tip N so that as soon as the pull begins, if notbefore, the dog U will be released from the ratchet teeth N and put inengagement with the ratchet teeth N Thus the operator when he begins tomove the pull must complete the motion, and he must complete so that bythe been shifted, the

it far enough to cause the bell to ring, and he.

must free the parts'and let them resume their] original positions beforebeginning the downward pull again.

Referring to the direction indicator; it consists primarily of the plate0 having the words In and Out thereon, which are adapted to besuccessively exposed through the window A. This direction indicatorplate is secured upon the arm or piece 0 which carries the pin 0 whichengages the eccentric groove P in the gear P. The arm 0 is pivoted at Oto the plate or arm 0 which is secured to the shaft 0 From this it isclear that by the rotation of the gear P, the engagement of the pin 0with the groove P will bring such pin toward and from the center ofshaft 0 and thus the indicator is moved up and down across the window Aso that the words Out and In are successively exposed as stated above.This gear P is moved by means of the pinion R which engages with it, andwhich is fixed on the shaft R which is adapted to be received into thevertical collar or hollow shaft R, and upon the outer end of which isthe thumb piece R by turning which the pinion R is turned, and hence thegear P rotated to cause the action last above described. On the innerend of the shaft 0 upon which the gear P is journaled is the rearwardlyprojecting part P which is rigid or continuous with the gear P, and hasat its inner end the plate P notched to receive one end of the dog PThis dog is pivoted at P and has a rear wardly projecting pin)? toengage the tip P on the lever or dog N The pin P and tip P are in suchrelative positions that they may move past each other freely when thedog N is in its normal position as indicated in Fig. 5. The outer end ofthe dog or lever P projects through the aperture A and terminates in thethumb piece P by pressing on which the dog may be rocked on its pivot.The guard P prevents access to the interior through the aperture A. Bypressing P", the inner end of the dog P is freed from the disk P andthen by rotating the thumb piece R the direction indicator may beshifted. On the opposite side of the disk P is a similar notch, so thatwhen the direction indicator has parts are again locked. The

gear P is adapted to engage the pinions D and D so that when it isrotated, they also are rotated; and since the trip registering disks D,D are controlled by said pinions, they also are brought to zero with theshifting of the direction indicator. These pinions D and D are cut away,as indicated at D so that when they come around to the zero point,theyarenolongor engaged by the rotating gear P, and hence, when broughtto zero cannot be further moved.

- The disk P is notched or slotted at diametrically opposite points soas to allow the dog P to stop the rotation of the gear P when it hascompleted ahalf rotation,which is just enough to shift the directionindicator. The gear P is itself' cutaway .at the points P P atdiametrically opposite points soas to clear the pinions D D. Thearrangement of the pinions is such as indicated 1n Fig. 4, so that if anattempt be made to' reverse the motion of the gear P to a directionopposite that of the arrow in Fig. 4, its teeth will engagethe teeth ofthe pinions D and D ,'and. thusit will belocked from motion,

motion, they being locked by the dogs D and D The relation of the pin Pon the lever and dog P to the tip P of the lever or dog N".

is such that as soon as the pull is drawn down far enough to cause thedog'N to engage the second of the teeth N the tip? is thrown around tosuch a position that the pin P en-v gages therewith, and the shiftingmechanism can therefore not be operated until the operation of ringingis completed.

The key-hole B opens into an aperture S within the case, which itselfopens into another aperture whichcontains the rotating part S having theteeth S adapted to be engaged by the key. The part S is pivoted to theback B. From this part projects the finger S which controls the slide Sso that by operating the key, the slide may be moved back and forth toconceal or reveal the permanent registration. I r

T is a chain depending from the curved porthe pinions D and D acting asa dog to prevent the reverse.

tion of the pin 0 and carrying the bar T.

By this means the device when in position to be used may be securedclose to the person.

The use and operation of the seal lock of my invention are as follows:When the device is in position for use, the front and rear portions ofthe case are securely fastened together by a bayonet joint at the topillustrated in Fig. 8, and by the engagement of the parts C and C" withthe set of registering holes in the two overlapping portions of the backand front parts of the case. In this position, the pin 0 is held fromwithdrawal bymeans of the spring 0 which lies in the cutaway portion 0The only way therefore to open the case is to release these parts, andthis can be done only by thrusting in akey or pin through the aperture 0against the spring 0 to release it from its engagement with the pin Cwhereupon the pin G with its parts 0 may be withdrawn, and the two partsof the case may be separated. This, however, requires the breaking ofthe glass 0 and the perforation or destruction of the seal card 0, whichbears the signature of the person in charge. While the case is thusclosed, ready for use, the guard L protects theaperture A to prevent theintroduction of a wire along the pull E and thus to prevent interferencewith the mechanism. At the same time, the guard P on the dog P in likemanner protects the aperture A.

I claim 1. In a register, a direction indicator consisting of arotatable part with an eccentric groove therein, an indicator pivoted atone too point and provided with a finger to extend into the eccentricgroove at another point so that by the motion of the rotating part, theindicator is moved as the finger travels to or from the center ofrotation.

2. In a register, the combination of a gear with an eccentric groove inthe fiat side thereof, an arm secured on the shaft on which the gearrotates, an indicator pivoted at the extremity of such arm and providedwith a finger which projects into the groove and means for rotating suchgear.

3. In a register,the combination of a gear with an eccentric groove inthe flat side thereof, an arm secured on the shaft on which the gearrotates, an indicator pivoted at the extremity of such arm and providedwith a finger which projects into the groove, and means for rotatingsuch gear, and a locking dog to prevent such rotation, but controlledfrom 20 without the register.

4. I11 a register, the combination of a gear with an eccentric groove inthe fiat side thereof, an arm secured on the shaft on which the gearrotates, an indicator pivoted at the extremity of such arm and providedwith a finger which projects into the groove, and means for rotatingsuch pinion, and a locking dog to prevent such rotation, but controlledfrom without the register, and a bell hammer, and interlocking portionson the hammer-lever and dog so that the gear cannot be released when thebell hammer has been moved away from the bell in the process ofstriking.

7 CHARLES E. PRATT.

Witnesses:

WALTER J. GUNTHORP, FRANCES W. PARKER.

